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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hug \Hug\, n.
A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or
in wrestling. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hug \Hug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hugged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Hugging}.] [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf Dan. sidde paa huk
to squat, Sw huka sig to squat, Icel. h?ka. Cf {Huckster}.]
1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up [Obs.] --Palsgrave.
2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hug \Hug\, v. t.
1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom;
to embrace. ``And huggen me in his arms.'' --Shak.
2. To hold fast to cling to to cherish.
We hug deformities if they bear our names
--Glanvill.
3. (Naut.) To keep close to as to hug the land; to hug the
wind.
{To hug one's self}, to congratulate one's self to chuckle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hug
n : a tight embrace [syn: {clinch}]
v 1: hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me please"; "They
embraced" [syn: {embrace}, {bosom}, {squeeze}]
2: fit closely or tightly
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